Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1935, Page 18

B—2 = RESTORATION SEEN FORD.C.BILL ITEMS Senate Subcommittee May Go Beyond Cuts—Group to Ask Just Share. (Continued From First Page.) of the House Appropriations Commit- | tee of Congress, where District appro- | priations are always drastically cut | regardless of the fact that the original | estimates which are presented to Con- gress must stand the ‘acid test’ of the closest scrutiny and approval of all the District department heads, includ- ing the District auditor, the Commis- sioners and, finally, the Federal Bud- get Bureau,” Mrs. Grant stated. She pointed out there now are 139 children in the sanatorium with only 10 nurses for day and night duty. The institution is equipped for 159 children, and when the two wings | under construction are completed the | capacity will be 300. She said there BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. EDICAL science is revising death. This is the real sig- nificance of the mocunting numbers of “dead” reported brought back to life. The portal of death for man, the last door which cannot be reopened, is no longer his heart. Medical men have known for years that the real portal was elsewhere. But the last heart beat was a suffi- cient sign to be used as official. Be- cause from it there was so rarely any recall. This has changed. Between 500 and 1,000 persons “dead” by the stopped heart sign, have been brought back to life in the last five years. Conditions Must Be Right. The circumstances under which this seeming “miracle” can be performed are sharply limited. They include only about a dozen types of diseases are many tubercular children on th2 waiting list who cannot be admitted | until additional maintenance is pro- vided. H The Senate group also consicdered yesterday several proposed increases for the Health Department, amount- ing to $93.000. to enable the depart- ment to do more preventive work. Tho proposals include 10 District nurses, 5 part-time physicians and 6 dental hygienists. Since taking office re- | cently. the new health officer, Dr.| George C. Ruhland, has been con- sidering plans for developing these | preventive measures. i Doctor and Nurses Asked. Calling attention to the present | number of scarlet fever cases in the | city, a committee from the Federa- | tion of Citizens' Associations, headed | by Dr. Charles B. Campbell, presented resolutions asking for more part- time school physicians and full-time nurses. Dr. P. A. McLendon and Dr. John Minor of the District Medical So- ciety also appeared yesterday in sup- port of the additional items for the Health Department. Among those who urged the addi- tion of 141 men to the police force were: Sylvan King, chairman of a joint citizens' group; George W. Offutt and George Plitt, Board of Trade; Edward D. Shaw. Merchants & Manufacturers' Association; A. J. Driscoll, Mid-City Citizens' Associa- tion: Mrs. George C. Thorpe and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman of the Women's Bafety Committee. Truck House Fund Asked. The Federation of Citizens’ Asso- ciations, represented by Joseph L. Gammell, Dr. W. P. Kenealy, Vincent Taylor and Orrin Davy, supported the increase in the police force, $3.000 additional for fire hase, and appro- priation of an unexpended balance for the new fire truck house on Rhode Island avenue northeast The Children’s Hospital item was| explained by O. H. P. Johnson. presi- | dent; Col. Arthur O'Brien, vice pres- | ident, and Miss Mattie Gibson, super- | intendent of the hospital. The | Budget Bureau recommended $36,000 for the care of children sent to the hospital by the Board of Public Wel- fare. The House cut the item to $30,000. It was pointed out by offi- cials that even the budget figure would not come up to the estimated cost in view of the number of chil- dren that have to be cared for. A social service department was de- scribed as an essential need at Gal- linger Hospital by Woman's Auxiliary of the Medical Society, represented by Mrs. Prentiss Willson. Mrs. Eugene ' R. Whitmore, Mrs. R. Thomas West and by Miss Beatrice Mullen. | | nervous system stands highest. LIQUOR and accidents, none of which may be permitted to do serious organic harm before a heart is to be restarted. ‘The cases are enough to call atten- tiorr to the real portal of death: and to what medical science is doing t0- | ward reaching that door. The real | portal is the nervous system. In| death the start is with the nervous system. So long as the system is in- tact there is still hope. | Closely related to it are respiration | and the heart. The nervous system controls both. “Closing Portals.” It might be said that the portal is | a series of three doors, very close to- | gether. They close so swiftly one | after the other that there may be | doubt at times as to which shut first. | But in order of importance the One reason is that of all the bodily | tissues the nerves are the most “labile,” the most easily upset. Dis- solution in them is more speedy than elsewhere. In an examination of beheaded persons in Germany it was about two minutes to do so. One progressive step in recent con- trol of the mervous center capitaliz>s something man has known since cave days. the sigh. The sigh is a deep breath, to clear out the respiratory center of accummulated carbon dioxide and poisons. It is.the carbon dioxide. natural waste product of the body, which found that nervous tissues died more | quickly than others, and tock only THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. | \ | § { can be stoien from the dial of death. From breathless moments of experimentation and observation, medical science has wrested knowledge by which a few fleeting minutes frequently the lives of thousands on whom the shadow has been cast. Scientists Stop the Clock of Death Between 500 and 1,000 “Dead” Persons Have Been Brought to Life in Last Five Years. It is enough, in some cases, to save nervous system. It has saved many lives. Another stimulant that works di- { | Jant to the respiratory center in the | | | causes the sigh. The carbon dioxide stimulates the nervous center—the deep breath follows. | Medicine uses this fact by giving massive doses of carbon dioxide, more than the body can supply naturally, rectly on the nerve centers is alpha | Jobelin, an alkaloid from the herb| | lobelia. The herb, an Indian remedy, | was discovered in America by physi- | cians of King James I of England., Not until quite recently was the essen- [ tial substance, alpha lobelin, ex- mixing it with oxygen. The carbon CONTROL CHANGES DEBATED {First Test of Sentiment on Present Rulings Due This Week. (Continued From Pirst Page) carried the principle the sale of liquor should be subordinate to the primary business of & hotel. club or restaurant. Those opposed to the open bars fear such a change would break down this Library Aid Sought. In connection with the Free Public | Library System, the subcommittee has | heard testimony during the past week | for the building of a Petworth branch, and an allowance for maintenance of the new Georgetown branch, to be oc- | cupied next Fall H Of the total amount the House cut from the budget estimates, $612,000 | was taken from general fund items | scattered throughout the District serv- ice; $215,000 from highway work under | the gasoline tax fund, and $238,000 | from water improvements. out of the special water rent fund. There 1s| strong sentiment in the Senate sub- | committee to restore a considerable part of this gas tax cut, to buy ma- terials with which to provide highway Jobs for men on the relief roll. There are a number of witnesses re- maining to be heard on neighborhood improvements in several sections of the city. DEPRESSION WORSE, IS LONG’S CLAIM Lounisiana Senator Tells South Carolina Audience Wealth Must Be Redistributed. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. C., March 23 —Sen- ator Huey P. Long told 5000 South Carolinians today that the depression, which he said “is worse today than it was in 1929.” would never end until | wealth was redistributed. The Louisiana Senator, introducing his “share the wealth” movement to South Carolina, asserted 1 per cent of the people owned 60 per cent of the national wealth. Long said the same men who pro- posed a Nation-wide sales tax to Pres- ident Hoover in 1932 “are now sitting at the elbow of the Chieftain of the | United States—Bernard M. Barush,| Joseph T. Robinson were right with | Mr. Hoover in 1932." The Louisianan described himself a5 “a party man,” but said he would adhere to the principles of democracy | rather than the form the Democratic party may take under such leadership. DR. COBB TO DISCUSS OBSTACLES TO STUDY Day School Director and Author Will Lecture at G. W. U. Thursday. “Obstacles that present methods of | education present to ecarnest study and serious efforts to think on the part of pupils from kindergarten to college and possible ways to remedy | the situation” will be discussed by | Dr. Stanwood Cobb, director of the Chevy Chase Day School, Thursday at | 8 p.m. at George Washington Univer- sity in Corcoran Hall. Dr. Cobb was the founder and former president of the National Progessive Education Association. He is also director of Mas Cove Camp and author of “New Leaven” and “New Horizons for the Child.” Opportunity for open forum dis- cussion will be afforded after the lecture. Parents and students are invited, i | Alcoholic Beverage Control principle. One proposal contained in the Bei- ter bill would forbid retailers selling beer and wine “on sale” to have any game of chance or mechanical devise of any trade stimulators on the premises. George W. Offutt, chairman of the A. B. C. Board, approves the objec- tives of such a clause, but believes it would more properly be the subject of regulation than law - The Dirksen bill would limit the number of stores licensed to sell liquor by the bottle to one to every 1,500 resi- dents of the District. Officials of the Board, however, say this is the present rule, if the population of the immediate cuburbs of the District is considered. For the District only, however, this would mean but 333 licensed places. | whereas there now are 400 places having Class A permits. This would mean that 67 would have to be can- celed. The Commissioners last week fixed 400 as a definite limit on the number of Class A licenses, believing there now are sufficient number to serve all sections of the District. They believe the power to fix limits on licensees should be left with the Com- missioners. In contrast to these moves, the Com- missioners are sponsoring the amend- ments introduced by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee to strengthen present regulations. 4 One of these changes would give the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board power to suspend a license as well as to revoke a permit and take a license holder to court for an infraction of rules. It is believed revocation is too severe in some instances and that gis- pension would aid in the drive for obedience to rules. In such cases a sign stating the fact of permit suspen- sion would be posted on the place of business. B Another proposal of the Commis- sioners is to forbid delivery or service of alcoholic beverages to persons sus- pected of being intoxicated. The present rule merely forbids sales to those intoxicated. This does not pre- vent a friend of a drunken person from buying another drink for him. Another provision of the Commis- sioners’ amendments makes illegal the drinking of liquor after closing hours at licensed places, even though the drinks were ordered and purchased before the curfew. Officials have been informed this has been a persistent practice at numerous licensed estab- lishments. The penalty for intoxication now is $100 or 30 days in jail, or both. The Commisisoners propose that for second offense this be raised to $200 or 60 days, or both, and for third offense to $500 or not more than six months in jail, or both. Commissioner Allen, in opposing the proposed open bar petitions, de- clared that enforcement of District health regulations would end alleged insanitary practices and that cus- tomers of places licensed to serve drinks will desert establishments where cheap liquor is substituted for more expensive brands. Herndon Club to Meet. HERNDON, Va., Marth 23 (Spe- cial).—The Fortnightly Club of the Herndon Library will hold a Spring luncheon followed by bridge, five-hun- dred and anagrams Wednesday, April 10, at 1 p.m. in the home of ‘Mrs. Ar- thur Hyde Buell, ’ kind intended to be used as | ilalcheries Expand For Stocking Fish Streams of Nation Bureau Spends $127,. 000 of $639,500 P. W. A. Funds for Surveys. Important news to thousands of Izask Walto Leaghiers was conveyed yesterday by announcement of plans of the Bureau of Fisheries to increase | the opportunities of anglers season ! after next throughout the country. | With a total allotment of $639,500 | tion, the bureau has spent $127,000 | for making stream surveys in the na- | tional parks and national forests pre- paratory .o stocking them with fish. these public lands a careful inventory | has been taken. | Included in the survey are the streams in the George Washington National Forest in Virginia. With all the information tabulated | and recorded, work is now under way in the Bureau of Pisheries’ hatcheries | of raising n.illions of fish to stock the newly surveyed streams. | Pive new hatcheries have been con- | structed with P. W. A. funds, making | a total of 8¢ under the supervision of the bureau. One of the new hatch- construction. Millions of speckled trout, rainbow trout, bass. sunfish and other varie- | ties that delight the heart of all true | fishermen are being scientificaily fed | and cared for until the day when they | will start on their journeys to moun- tain streams. e FIRE FAILS TO DELAY EDITION OF THE STAR Slight Damage Caused by Flames in Air-Cooling System of Building. Fire, originating in an air-cooling unit, pumped dense smoke into the stereotype and press rooms of The Star yesterday afternoon, but falled to delay the regular press run. The huge presses were stopped for a few minutes until outlets could be opened to carry off the smoke. The flames were confined to the air shaft which extends from the first floor to a second-floor skylight be- tween the old Star building and the Star annex. The damage was slight. POLICEMAN IS ROBBED John L. Neese Reports Uniforms Stolen From Car. Policeman John L. Neese, tenth precinct, reported to his own station house last night that the glass in the door of his automobile had been broken and two police uniforms and 2 blouse stolen. Later Neese found one of the uni- forms and the blouse in the rear of an embassy on Sixteenth street. He furnished description of a suspect. Russian Composer Dead. M. Ippolitoff-Ivanov, Handle Your Spraying Re- 0000000000000 0 | dioxide thus used is a powerful summf tracted in pure form. Medical au-| | thorities regard its posibilities with | growing favor. | meningitis from the Public Works Administra- | | On thousands of miles of streams in | eries is at Charles City, Va., now under | It is used in asphyxia, | and respiratory collapse | from shock from enesthesia and from | hemorrhage. The margin by which death has been pushed back is narrow, a matter | of a few minutes. Yet these minutes | are all important for many persons, and each gain in this range means saving thousands of lives. ' GEORGIA TO DECIDE ] TAXES AND LIQUOR Referendums on Important Issues | | Left to People as Assembly Adjourns. | By the Associated Press. ' ATLANTA, March 23 —Georgians will do their own deciding on lower taxes, prohibition and giving State officers four-vear terms. | | The prohibition referendum will | be held May 15, when Georgians will decide whether to abolish their 28- | vear-old bone-dry law or modify it to legalize the sale of beer and wines. This State's dry statute is not in| | the Constitution, and the General As-| sembly. which closed its 70-day ses- sion tonight, could have repealed it/ | outright. | | But the drys have been strong | politically ever since 1907. Georgia went arid, and so the leg-| islators were content to permit the | ment, however, to effect the lower | |tax plan and to give officers four- | year terms. | |” The tax amendment provides a 15- mill limit on aggregate State, county | and city levies on property. measure also would tax intangibles | at 5 mills. i | Constitutional amendments are to| be voted on in the general elections | late next year. Another amendment provides for the election of a Lieu- | tenant Governor. | The only bill which the National Democratic Administration favored which received any consideration from the assembly was a constitu- tional amendment providing for old- age pensions. FARM IN TEXAS WORKED 395 YEARS DISCOVERED 1935 Agriculture Census Reveals Franciscans Cultivated Area Since 1540. By the Assoclated Press. An American farm that has been cultivated for 395 years has been dis- covered during the taking of the 1935 | agriculture census. It belongs to the Franciscan Order of the Catholic Church and is located in the lower valley at Ysleta, Tex. The farm was reported by Merrill Gregory Osborn, an enumerator of the Census Bureau. He said it was established in 1540 by the Franciscans who came to the New World witn American Radiator Co. product com- pletely installed in six rooms as low as 285 & NO MONEY DOWN 3 YEARS TO PAY A Complete Line of Heating Equipment e Electrol Oil Burners e B and G Summer and Winter Hot-Water Attachments o Westinghouse Blowers Free Estimates at Your Convenience ECONOMY coerssy 906 10th St. N.W. Met. 2132 when | | people to do their own deciding. ! It requires a Constitutional amend- | | The | § MARCH 24, 1935—PART ONE. tive Council of the University of | 12 STUDENTS HONORED | §ruite o S esenicd with lead- = | ership keys by H. C. Byrd, vice pres- = esterday. Receive Leadership Keys at Uni l%menu !me: T versity of Maryland. June Barnsley, Danzel Davis, Harold By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. Burns, John Jacob, Helen Wollman, Evelyn Brumbaugh, Thomas Corwin, COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 23.—| porothy Hobbs, Prank H. Cronin, John Twelve members of the Student Ex-|L. Hall and Geraldine Schuh. WOMAN Is SENTENCED ivme neighborhood, was given a &xs Imantha' suspended jail sentence yess T A : ol terday by Trial Justice John H. Booton Sale o |on 8 charge of selling whisky to Ljquor to Minors. minors. The girl's parents are desti- tute and she said she was needed Special Dispatch to The Star. to help them. She said sometimes LURAY, Va., March 23.—Mrs. Elsle | they were without food for several Cave, young woman of the Marks-|days. 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